When I was in high school I had a 1994 Honda Civic hatchback (1.6l I4) and my girlfriend at the time had a 1997 Thunderbird (4.6l V8) Where we live there is a bridge that is straight as an arrow and 3-miles long and that was the place to see how fast your car could go. My gf used to give me a hard time about my slow import so I challenged her to a race. She laughed but we were off and she left me in the dust BUT I knew something that she didn't: her car was limited to 101 mph and mine was not so I ended up chasing her down and winning the race, with the civic getting up to a shaky 137 mph. Later in life we raced that same Thunderbird against my 89 Taurus SHO but the Thunderbird threw a rod at about 80 mph. I have gone faster in my life (around 150) both in my 96 Mustang GT and my 93 Pontiac Sunbird, the latter with the help of Nitrous, but never has anything been as thrilling (or scary) as that first time in the Civic.